by ESB’s esports betting predictions for Thursday, November 2, include picks for a pair of 2023 Global StarCraft II League Season 3: Code S playoff bouts. Here are our selections for Koh “GuMiho” Byung-jae vs Kim “Classic” Doh-woo and Kang “Solar” Min-soo vs Park “Dark” Ryung-woo.
GUMIHO vs CLASSIC SCII BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | GuMiho +137 at BetOnline | Classic -188.68 at BetOnline |
| When: | November 2, 2023 | 17:00 KST |
| Watch Live: | YouTube, AfreecaTV |
Koh “GuMiho” Byung-jae enters the 2023 Global StarCraft II League Season 3: Code S knockout stage with a perfect 4-0 record, having won Group D in the first and Group A in the second stage of the tournament. Kim “Classic” Doh-woo, meanwhile, placed second in Group B in the last stage, yet the Protoss player is priced as a favourite in this matchup.
That is mainly due to Classic’s strong head-to-head record against GuMiho, whom he has beaten 12 times (12-4) this year. However, GuMiho has won against Classic three times since July, including a 2-0 result in their most recent meeting at the start of October.
Classic has a lousy 37.93% win rate against Terran players over the last 58 maps, whereas GuMiho has a 58.27% success rate in TvP matchups. So even though Classic has done well against GuMihio before, we prefer the outsider at the offered StarCraft II betting odds.
GuMiho to win
SOLAR vs DARK SCII BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | Solar +120 at BetOnline | Dark -163.93 at BetOnline |
| When: | November 2, 2023 | 18:30 KST |
| Watch Live: | YouTube, AfreecaTV |
Kang “Solar” Min-soo and Park “Dark” Ryung-woo last met at the start of August, when Solar won his eighth head-to-head match of the year and third against Dark over the last six meetings. However, Solar is still 8-11 down in the head-to-head stakes in 2023.
This might explain why Dark is priced as the favourite for this match, but we would argue that the odds should be reversed. Solar has looked very good in the first two stages of the tournament, and he is historically a solid player in ZvZ matchups (66.88% all-time win rate). Moreover, Solar has won 80.85% of mirrored matchups over the last 47 games.
Dark is getting a lot of respect on the StarCraft II betting sites since he is higher rated than Solar. But that doesn’t mean that the 2023 GSL S2: Code S finalist will have an easy time on Thursday.
